It has always bugged me that debug signal message is not correct. Now that
the J source is open for suggestions for changes I would like to suggest a
change to the message.
Given:
f
+-+-+------------------------------------+
|3|:|try. +y |
| | |catch. 'y is not numeric.'(13!:8)123|
| | |end. |
+-+-+------------------------------------+
'First', f 'Last'
|y is not numeric.
| 'y is not numeric.' (13!:8)123
'First', + 'Last'
|domain error
| 'First', +'Last'
Notice that the second error message shows the caller's line in error, not
the line issuing the message. It would be more meaningful if the display
were:
'First', + 'Last'
|y is not numeric.
| 'First', f'Last'
Granted, if debug were on then the suspension and message should be as it
is now, but when it is off using the line from the caller makes more sense.
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